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| Directed by | Corey Yuen |
| Written by | Barry Wong Corey Yuen Kai-Chi Yuen |
| Produced by | Pui-Wah Chan Sammo Hung |
| Starring | Sammo Hung Joyce Godenzi |
| Cinematography | Moon-Tong Lau Chi-Ming Leung |
| Edited by | Peter Cheung Chuen-Tak Keung |
| Music by | Lowell Lo |
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| Distributed by | Golden Harvest |
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Running time | 94 min |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Cantonese |
She Shoots Straight (Chinese: 皇家女將, alternately Lethal Lady) is a 1990 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen and starring Sammo Hung and Joyce Godenzi.
Story
She Shoots Straight turns on three plot axes. The first concerns the complications of a workplace romance and marriage between a dedicated policewoman “Mina Kao” (Joyce Godenzi) and her supervisor “Huang Tsung-pao” (Tony Leung). The second theme concerns opposition by the Huang family to the couple's impending union. Another policewoman, Mina's future sister-in-law “Chia Ling” (Carina Lau) is especially critical of apparent favoritism, and even makes a remark about her being Eurasian (this is not unique – a comparable epithet being made by Oshima's character to her guy opponent in “Close Escape”). The third axis provides a resolution as a gang of Vietnamese led by Yuan Hua (Yuen Wah) attempts a violent and risky robbery. After the gang is thwarted, a shootout ensues in which the police get the upper hand. Swearing revenge, Yuan Hua lays a counter-trap using Vietnamese jungle warfare devices. When Chia Ling – slighted over disciplinary action – impulsively investigates alone, she risks trouble. Mina and Tsung Po rescue her, but he is killed by a booby trap, dying in front of his sister and bride. United in their grief, the women must break the news to the Huang family at a celebration for their matriarch. This paves the way for a relatively straightforward vengeance sub-plot in which Mina and Chia Ling track the gang to a freighter in the harbor. In advance of reinforcements, they board the vessel to fight a life or death duel against gang members and crew wielding pistols, hatchets, knives or tools.
Cast
- Joyce Godenzi - Inspector Mina Kao (as Joyce Mina Godenzi)
- Carina Lau - Huang Chia-Ling
- Sammo Hung - Supt. Officer Hung
- Tony Leung Ka-Fai - Insp. Huang Tsung-Pao
- Yuen Wah - Yuen Hua
- Agnes Aurelio - Yuen Ying
- Sarah Lee - Huang Chia-Lai
- Teddy Yip - Uncle Huang Tsung-Po
- Chung Fat - Hua
- David Lau - Superintendent Lau
- Stephen Chan - Arms dealer
- Corey Yuen - Boatman
- Cho Wing - Ship thug
- Anthony Carpio - Ship thug
- Hsu Hsia - Ship thug
- Michael Dinga - Kidnapping leader
- Jeff Falcon - Kidnapper
- Mark Houghton - Kidnapper
- Kam Kong Chow - Policeman
External links
- She Shoots Straight at the Hong Kong Movie Database
- She Shoots Straight at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- She Shoots Straight at IMDb